Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian უბე (ube), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ube/a- (bosom, lap). Cognate with Mingrelian ლუბა (luba), უბა (uba), ლჷბა (ləba) and Laz უბა (uba), ობა (oba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ube/
  • Hyphenation: უბე

Noun

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უბე (ube)

  1. bay, bight
  2. bosom

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 195